"Importing" A Project From Another Computer (via Shared Folder)

Hello. I've recently switched over from Eclipse to IntellJ, and the one feature that I am missing and probably going to go back to Eclipse for, is the ability to set my workspace on my Desktop to the existing workspace on my laptop. I'd do this by simply navigating to devices on my network, selecting my laptop, and finding the folder of my workspace (\\MY_COMPUTERNAME\documents\workspace). From then on everything was very simple.

I have been looking into other posts, but I starting getting confused the more I read on and found more posts with suggestions. One suggestion a user had (found on phpstorm community forum) was to just "Use "New project from existing files" wizard to create a local copy and create auto sync." Even this suggestion confused me, because I have no idea how to "auto sync". (https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/207067835-How-to-open-project-from-the-network-share)

The next suggestion I'm currently considering is to create a git on my laptop (I would use GitLab, but I don't think IntelliJ supports it, and I want to keep my work private) and just pushing and pulling between my desktop and laptop.

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What do you think I should do? What is the best way to access the same workspace between two computers. If you'd say git, could you please point me to the right direction to getting this done? Also, could I just use GitLab like the way there's an option for GitHub, since I can make private repos?

Thank you.